Sandy Alderson said there is no cavalry coming to the rescue in the outfield. That means it will be Lucas Duda, Collin Cowgill, Marlon Byrd, Mike Baxter and Jordany Valdespin in the outfield in some configuration to open the season in all likelihood, as long as Valdespin isn’t pressed into infield duty by injuries.

“We’re going to go with the guys we have,” Alderson told Newsday about the outfield.

Last season, the Mets had the fifth-worst-hitting outfield in the big leagues going by weighted on-base average (wOBA), found at FanGraphs. The average wOBA for an NL outfield last year was .327; the Mets were found at .309. Their outfield has only gotten worse.

Since 1990, only seven outfields have been so weak as to post a wOBA under .300:

Season

Team

OF wOBA

2010

Mariners

.299

1992

Padres

.299

1992

Angels

.296

1993

Marlins

.294

2012

Mariners

.293

2012

Astros

.287

2011

Mariners

.276

Of the five outfielders the Mets plan to use on their 25-man roster, only Duda (.325 wOBA) is expected to have any proficiency with the bat, according to Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projection system. It is going to be a long year in Queens.